- Title: Rescued migrants arrive in Italian city of Catania
- Date: 6th November 2016
- Summary: AT SEA (NOVEMBER 6, 2016) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF BOAT CARRYING MIGRANTS APPROACHING PORT MIGRANTS ON BOAT CATANIA, ITALY (NOVEMBER 6, 2016) (REUTERS) MIGRANTS DISEMBARKING BOAT BOY BEING CHECKED BY OFFICIALS / MAN HOLDING BABY AND WOMAN STANDING MIGRANT BEING WHEELED ON A STRETCHER MAN HOLDING CHILD WOMAN HOLDING CHILD BEING CHECKED BY OFFICIAL MIGRANTS BEING CHECKED BY OFFICIALS MAN BEING WHEELED ON STRETCHER TOWARDS AMBULANCE WOMAN SPEAKING TO OFFICIAL / WALKING WITH CHILD
- Embargoed: 21st November 2016 09:27
- Keywords: Migrants Italy arrival refugee boat Sicily
- Location: AT SEA, CATANIA, ITALY
- City: AT SEA, CATANIA, ITALY
- Country: Italy
- Topics: Asylum/Immigration/Refugees,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA00157B1QO7
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: More than 800 migrants were brought safely to Catania port in Eastern Sicily on Sunday (November 6) after being rescued in the Mediterranean Sea.
They were on board the medical aid charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) ship the Bourbon Argos which is part of a fleet of ships run by non-governmental organisations to assist the Italian Coastguard and Navy in their search and rescue operations.
Emergency workers set up a temporary reception centre at the port to process the arrivals.
The migrants were picked up from 13 rubber dinghies, two small boats and one large vessel in 16 separate rescue operations.
More than 4,200 have died or disappeared trying to cross the the Mediterranean from North Africa this year, the International Organization for Migration estimates. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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